Christmas Largely Peaceful in Muslim-majority Indonesia
>Indonesia typically increases security measures in December in case of unrest or terror attacks; this year it deployed 180,000 security personnel, an increase from last year’s 150,000. Heightened security is in place until January 3, according to the Home Affairs Ministry, and includes preparing 24-hour community health clinics and hospitals.
>President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo posted a Christmas greeting on Twitter, writing, “To all Christians in Indonesia, I wish you a Merry Christmas. The country’s religious diversity is a blessing for us all.” The heads of the national police and the Indonesian military also visited Jakarta Cathedral at its midnight Christmas mass.
Minor unrest
>The only major Christmas-related protest took place in Aceh, an ultraconservative province in Western Indonesia ruled by sharia law. On December 20, militant Islamists protested at the capital of Banda Aceh against Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations, in hopes of prompting a fatwa against those holidays from the local clerics.
>“There are no Christmas signs at all there this year,” said Andreas Harsono, an Indonesia researcher with Human Rights Watch. “It is more repressive than in previous years.”
>There are about 50,000 Christians in Aceh, but they have kept their celebrations quiet in recent years. Nine churches in the province were demolished in 2016 because of building code violations.
Ryder Phillips
>deploy 4 times as many guards as there are Christians >"largely" peaceful
Cooper Gomez
>went to Indonesia >ended up fugging both Muslim and Christian women
Shit was cash.
Brayden Ortiz
>Australia's shitting ground >peaceful
Jonathan Sullivan
Lol I skimmed your shitpost but if they need guards to let people celebrate Christmas without being killed then it isn't peaceful at all.
Landon Bailey
>Christmas Largely Peaceful in Muslim-majority Indonesia >largely >implying not all of it
Also why would you look to Indonesia for tolerance between religions, they have a terrorist attack like every week there.
Oliver Lee
Bakery wars
>Another controversy came from the port city of Makassar, in South Sulawesi, when a bakery refused to make a “Merry Christmas” cake for a longtime customer, citing religious principles.
>The Chocolicious bakery offered an apology on social media, writing, “It’s not that we do not appreciate anyone’s religion. But with all due respect this is how we must act based on the principles of our religion. Once again we apologize with most sincere hearts and mutual respect as fellow Indonesians.”
>The incident, an interesting parallel to bakery-related culture clash in the U.S., elicited a critical op-ed from the Jakarta Post, and a mix of approving and disapproving commentary from Indonesian citizens.
Hudson Reed
>i acted like a nigger Maybe you'll get AIDS and die.
Joseph Ward
Interfaith initiatives
>Although Indonesia is often depicted as being on the verge of sectarian breakdown, the pendulum of tolerance typically swings back following periods of unrest, like that of the Jakarta election. Since then, the government has cracked down on hard-line Islamist groups and the Constitutional Court has made some progressive rulings, including one on religious tolerance that allows citizens to list indigenous faiths on their national ID cards.
>This year, as in previous years, members of Nahdlatul Ulama, the Indonesian Sunni group that is the world’s largest Muslim organization, guarded churches on Christmas in what has become an annual interfaith tradition. Ansor, NU’s youth “militia” wing, mobilized 2 million members across Indonesia, said Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, chairman of Ansor.
>“Ansor did this because of the belief that taking care of the church is the same as taking care of Indonesia,” Qoumas said. “Ansor realized [decades ago] that Indonesia could not be independent without the struggle of people of all religions, including Christians. In Indonesia’s history, many heroes have been Christian. … Now, as the majority, in Ansor’s opinion, Muslims must protect the minority in their worship. … Maintaining diversity is Indonesia’s strength.”
Jeremiah Sanchez
No!
! muslimes cant be tolerant because they claim their book is truthful and that sick idiotic mountain goat.... was truthful, and peacfull which is not the fact and can be proved that the book is violent and scik and their goatloveitandmunchit was even sicker. Because they bases their whole belief on those two things it automatically results in them being intolerant towards eachother as well as others!
Nathaniel Gomez
>had sex >acted like a nigger
Liam Perez
>Also why would you look to Indonesia for tolerance between religions, they have a terrorist attack like every week there. at least they are not afraid to retaliate. much to learn indeed
Jayden Hill
The tolerance is because of their ethnicity not because of Islam
Josiah Jackson
There are more school shootings in America in the year 2017 then there are terrorist activities in Indonesia
[spoiler]sadly[/spoiler]
Samuel Bennett
>>Also why would you look to Indonesia for tolerance between religions, they have a terrorist attack like every week there. >at least they are not afraid to retaliate. much to learn indeed
no bombing in indonesia, m8, no truck running on the street either, muslims dont kill muslims...
Colton Nguyen
>having sex before marriage >with multiple people >literally muh dik Yes, nigger. You are a degenerate simpleton, and you will reap what you sow.
Cameron Martin
>"largely peaceful"
i long for the day when the brown muslim horde is the majority, and they can magnanimously only kill a few of us christians on our second most important holy day of the year
Aaron Murphy
bump
Ryan Edwards
>See! Sometimes Muslims DON'T commit mass murder! Take that bigots!
Wyatt Anderson
Nice. Malaysia needs to learn from Indonesia about allowing Christians to practice their religion in peace!
Justin Sanchez
Sure, go there and tell them that you're a christain.
